At the forefront of Indian design and architecture today, Abin Design Studio was set up in 2005 by Ar. Abin Chaudhuri. The Kolkata-based practice has since earned numerous accolades across various typologies. ADS believes that architecture is an artistic expression so far as it transcends its purely its utilitarian, technical, and rational realm. It then becomes a metaphoric expression of the lived world, human condition and context. The spirit of learning from everything around burns bright in the ADS team.

In this corporate head quarters of the RP- Sanjiv Goenka Kolkata office with a massive floor space of 195,900 sq ft, the ADS team has transcended the boundaries of ‘container’ and ‘content’. The client being an avid patron of the arts and an enthusiastic collector, the design intervention required a workspace that could encompass the idea of a contemporary museum.

The eight levels of the office are anchored by a full-height central atrium. The impressive volume of the space has been thoughtfully crafted into beautiful multi-planar work areas, while maintaining corporate hierarchy. The atrium helps flood the interior with natural light, thereby reducing energy costs and in the processing offsetting the monotony of enclosed work environments. Although physically differentiated to enable optimal functional efficacy, the spaces are visually connected, and seem to celebrate art and life.

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